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Dax

(Encyclopedia)Dax däks [key], town, Landes dept., SW France, in Gascony, on the Adour River. It has long b...

Eure

(Encyclopedia)Eure ör [key], department, N France, in Normandy. Évreux is the capital. ...

Eure-et-Loir

(Encyclopedia)Eure-et-Loir ör-ā-lwär [key], department, N France. Chartres is the capital. ...

Aveyron

(Encyclopedia)Aveyron ävārôNˈ [key], department, S central France, in Guienne. Rodez is the capital. ...

Nièvre

(Encyclopedia)Nièvre nyĕˈvrə [key], department (1990 pop. 232,600), central France. Nevers is the capital. ...

Yonne

(Encyclopedia)Yonne yôn [key], department (1990 pop. 324,600), N central France. Auxerre is the capital. ...

Chablis

(Encyclopedia)Chablis shäblēˈ [key], village, Yonne dept., central France, in Burgundy. It is famous for ...

Cantal

(Encyclopedia)Cantal käNtälˈ [key], department, S central France, in Auvergne. Aurillac is the capital. ...

Lateran Council, Fifth

(Encyclopedia)Lateran Council, Fifth, 1512–17, 18th ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, convened by Pope Julius II and continued by his successor Leo X. Julius called the council to counter an attemp...

Mersen, Treaty of

(Encyclopedia)Mersen, Treaty of, 870, redivision of the Carolingian empire by the sons of Louis I, Charles the Bald (later Charles II) of the West Franks (France) and Louis the German of the East Franks (Germany), ...